August 18, 2011 9:00 am
Today's visit with Dr. Tate, radiology oncologist, was a productive or a more informative one. The bone scans came back
and it showed the lesions at T8 (which was the one Dr. Hamati did the kyphoplasty on) T11, T12 and T3 and T4 all had small lesions.
There were also a few small lesions on her skull, which Dr. Tate said was quite common in MM and the biggest lesion
was on her pelvic area which appears to be around 1 inch. His recommendation would be to radiate T8, T11,
and T12 to hopefully get rid of the pain she is having around her sides. This treatment would be a course of
12-15 treatments lasting approximately 10-15 minutes each time. He recommends chemo as well as the radiation
treatment so the chemo can kill the other lesions.
He said the side effects with this radiation should be minimal because of the low dose he would use on this
type of cancer. He sounded very upbeat and proactive. Plus.......ladies, he is very easy on the eyes:)
Tomorrow will be our toughest day because it is the bone marrow biopsy which is quite "uncomfortable" and
then we have the second opinion with Dr. Zakem in the afternoon.
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